Power outage fuels TikTok censorship claims as U.S.-led ownership takes hold

TikTok says a data-center power outage caused glitches on its U.S. app, refuting censorship accusations as the platform operates under a U.S.-led joint venture with majority American ownership. California Gov. Newsom has launched a review into suppression claims related to Epstein and ICE content. Users report direct-message failures and inconsistent views while TikTok works to recover from the outage and improve reliability.